Brachypelma hamorii, TESMOINGT ET AL, 1997

BRACHYPELMA HAMORII TESMOINGT ET AL, 1997 View in CoL

( FIGS 2, 27–28, 35B, D, 37I–L, 38)

Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoingt et al. (1997a: 9 View in CoL , plates 1–6), D male and female; Tesmoingt et al. (1997b: 3, plates 9–11), male; Mendoza & Francke (2017: 167, figs 24–40, 46–49, 52, 57–60), male and female.

Euathlus smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) : Baxter (1993: 73, figs 17–18, plate A, figs 1–6), misidentification.

Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) View in CoL : Hancock & Hancock (1989: 44, fig. 39), misidentification female; Schmidt (1992a: 10), transferred from Euathlus View in CoL ; Schmidt (1992b: 14, figs 2, 4), male and female; Schmidt (1993: 82, fig. 190), female; Smith (1994: 170, figs 940– 956), male and female; Tesmoingt et al. (1997a: 9, plate 2, fig. 2), female; Tesmoingt et al. (1997b: 4, plates 10–11), male; Schmidt (1997: 19, fig. 195), female; Peters (2000: 72, figs 235–236), male and female; Peters (2003: 125, figs 510, 512–513), male and female; Schmidt (2003: 153, figs 283–284), male and female. Misidentifications.

Material examined

Neotype of Brachypelma hamorii : MEXICO: Colima: ♂, Mpio. Tecoman, 5/XII/2013, D. Barrales, G. Contreras, D. Ortiz ( CNAN-T0900 ). Designated as neotype by Mendoza & Francke (2017: 167).

Other material: MEXICO: Colima: 1 ♂ , Mpio. Tecoman , 1/XII/2012, E. Goyer, E. Hijmensen, D. Ortiz (CNAN-Ar003614); 1 ♀ , Mpio . Colima, 30/XI/2012, E. Goyer, E. Hijmensen, D. Ortiz (CNAN-Ar004779); 2 ♂ , Mpio. Tecoman , 5/XII/2013, D. Ortíz, D. Barrales, G. Contreras (CNAN-Ar007163, CNAN-Ar007826); 1 ♂ , Mpio. Tecoman , 3/XII/2013, D. Ortíz, D. Barrales, G. Contreras (CNAN-Ar007168); 1 ♂ , Mpio. Manzanillo , IV /2004, IBT (CNAN-Ar010278); 1 ♂ , Mpio. Manzanillo , 4/XII/2013, D. Ortíz, D. Barrales, G. Contreras (CNAN-Ar010277); 1 ♂ , donation received from private collection of J. Mendoza (CNAN-Ar003616); 1 ♂, Mpio. 3/XII/2013, D. Ortíz, D. Barrales, G. Contreras (CNAN-Ar007827); 1 ♂ , Mpio. Manzanillo , 4/XII/2013, D. Ortiz, D. Barrales, G. Contreras (CNAN-Ar007171); 3 ♀ , Mpio. 11 km al SE. de Colima (CNAN-Ar007870, CNAN-Ar007872, CNAN-Ar007873); 1 ♀ , Mpio. Tecoman , 2/XII/2012, E. Goyer, E. Hijmensen, D. Ortiz (CNAN-Ar007871) ; Jalisco: 2 ♀ , Mpio. Pihuamo , 30/XI/2012, E. Goyer, E. Hijmensen, D. Ortiz (CNAN-Ar007874, CNAN-Ar010279); 1 ♂ , Carretera entre Colima y Jalisco, carretera Colima-Cd. Victoria , 8/VIII/2008, A. Cervantes, M. E. Olsen (CNAN-Ar003425) ; Michoacán: 1 ♂ , Mpio. Lázaro Cardenás , 8/XI/2011, G. Vila (CNAN-Ar003340); 1 ♂ , Michoacán, Mpio. Aquila, G. Vila (CNAN-Ar003659) .

Diagnosis

Brachypelma hamorii can be distinguished from all other known Brachypelma species (except B. smithi ) by the coloration of the legs with yellow-orange coloration on patellae, tibiae and metatarsi ( Figs 28, 37I–L). It also differs in the shape of genitalia in both sexes with palpal bulb curved upward and short ( Fig. 27C–D) and spermatheca trapezoid rounded in shape ( Fig. 27E–F). It differs from B. smithi by the narrow curved upward embolus ( Fig. 27C–D), the prolateral superior keel shorter and dorsally wider ( Fig. 27C) and the apical keel slightly developed ( Fig. 27B). It also differs in the spermatheca ventral face smooth, with spermathecal baseplate elliptic ( Fig. 27E–F). Although similar in coloration, B. hamorii differs from B. smithi in the patellae flame pattern not as brightly coloured as the one exhibited by B. smithi ( Fig. 37I–L). The sides of the patellae are typically black rather than the yellowish-orange as is typical in B. smithi ( Fig. 35C–D). The lateral setae are whitish throughout the length of legs, while in B. smithi , the same are yellowish ( Fig. 37I– L). In addition, B. hamorii typically have longitudinal cheliceral lines of lighting setae, which are not exhibited by B. smithi ( Fig. 35A–B). The carapace of B. hamorii is typically black, bordered with pink or orange in both sexes ( Fig. 28A–B, E–F). Rare variants of females can have a black radiating pattern, bordered with pale yellow ( Fig. 28D), and rare variants of males may have a carapace that is almost yellowish ( Fig. 28C).

Brachypelma hamorii is identified by the following character combination: male palpal bulb with narrow spoon-like embolus, prolateral superior keel shorter than in other species, thin and directed retrolaterally, prolateral inferior keel weakly developed directed from dorsal to ventral, better seen dorsally, apical keel smaller than in other species, short and thin ( Fig. 27A–D). Embolus tapered throughout its length but turning wide at apex, and slightly curved dorsally ( Fig. 27C–D). Spermatheca trapezoid rounded; ventral face is almost smooth; Spermathecal baseplate divided, elliptic; five times wider than its height ( Fig. 27E–F). Carapace in general black with orange setae on border, with cheliceral longitudinal line of lighting setae ( Fig. 35B). Legs and palpi with deep orange and pale orange in patellae, tibiae and metatarsi with orange yellow/ white setae on distal ( Fig. 37I–L).

Note: Redescription of this species was done by Mendoza & Francke (2017).